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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शुचौ देशे समे पुण्ये पूर्वोत्तरप्लवे शुभे । मंडपं कारयेद्विद्वान्रम्यं ष़ोशहस्तकम् । तन्मध्ये कारयेद्वेदिं चतुर्हस्त प्रमाणतः । यजमानस्य हस्तेन हस्तैकेन समुच्छ्रिताम्

Transliteration

śucau deśe same puṇye pūrvottaraplave śubhe | maṃḍapaṃ kārayedvidvānramyaṃ ṣa़ोśahastakam | tanmadhye kārayedvediṃ caturhasta pramāṇataḥ | yajamānasya hastena hastaikena samucchritām

Translation

Dans un lieu pur, égal et méritoire—sur un sol propice inclinant vers l’est ou vers le nord—le savant fera édifier un beau pavillon (maṇḍapa) de seize coudées. En son centre, il fera construire une plate-forme d’autel (vedī) de quatre coudées, surélevée d’une coudée selon la mesure de la main du sacrifiant (yajamāna).

Word by Word
शुचौin a clean (place)
शुचौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
देशेin a place
देशे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
समेlevel, even
समे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
पुण्येholy, auspicious
पुण्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
पूर्वोत्तरप्लवेat a ford/ghāṭa on the east-north side
पूर्वोत्तरप्लवे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
शुभेauspicious
शुभे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
मण्डपम्a pavilion
मण्डपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
कारयेत्should have (it) made
कारयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद, णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘should cause to be made’)
विद्वान्a learned man
विद्वान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
रम्यम्beautiful
रम्यम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
षोडशहस्तकम्sixteen-hands (in measure)
षोडशहस्तकम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + हस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular) — परिमाणवाचक (measure-denoting)
तत्of that
तत्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular) — used in compound
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
कारयेत्should have made
कारयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद, णिच् (causative)
वेदिम्an altar
वेदिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
चतुर्हस्तfour-hands (in measure)
चतुर्हस्त:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular) — परिमाणवाचक (measure-denoting)
प्रमाणतःaccording to the measure
प्रमाणतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘according to measure’)
यजमानस्यof the sacrificer (patron)
यजमानस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
हस्तेनby (his) hand (as a unit)
हस्तेन:
Karana (Instrument/measure/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
हस्तैकेनby one hand (in height)
हस्तैकेन:
Karana (Instrument/measure/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
समुच्छ्रिताम्raised/elevated
समुच्छ्रिताम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + उत् + श्रि (धातु) → समुच्छ्रित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular) — agreeing with ‘वेदिम्’
Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A freshly built sixteen-cubit pavilion on a clean, level sacred ground sloping east/north; in the center a four-cubit altar-platform raised one cubit; priests measuring with rods and the yajamāna’s hand-span standard.

FAQs

Dharma is enacted through order and purity: sacred giving is supported by a carefully prepared, auspicious ritual space.

The instructions are given for performance at a tīrtha; the chapter’s larger narrative supplies the particular tīrtha being praised.

Construct a 16-hasta maṇḍapa on pure, level ground with east/north slope, and build a central 4-hasta vedi raised by one hasta.

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